Posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on April 26, 2009, at 13:53:30
In reply to who is that cute kid?, posted by uncouth on April 25, 2009, at 20:34:24
I empathize, totally. I always think of my loss when I see other people's kids.
See, I too will NEVER have a child b/c my sister has schizophrenia and my mom and I have major affective disorders. I experience "pseudo-hallucinations" or "quasi-hallucinations" and am terrified I will become psychotic with post-partum depression.
It has been a huge sadness to me. Now I am almost 40, and that just increases risk for things like schizophrenia (longitudinal studies show that the greater the age of the father at time of conception, the higher the risk for schizophrenia).
Anyway, it's sad all around for us non-moms and non-dads.
> ok sorry to be a brat here, but who is that cute kid in the picture at the top of the page, and can you please take her away? some of us look at children and it just makes us feel terrible, becuase we don't know if we'll ever have some of our own due to mental illness preventing relationships from happening.
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> so when i see that cute girl, the first thing that comes into my mind is "gee i bet i'll never have one of those" and it makes me sad. i'd rather see dr. bob's ugly mug (j/k...)
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